My problem with this stuff is whether or not it's a "faddish annoyance"
to some, I want them and me to be able to choose to eat such foods or
not, (same as I want to be able to avoid wifi) whether or not you agree
or disagree about the food shouldn't matter, wars were fought for the
freedom of choice for men and woman, and I want this choice!. This
freedom however goes against any governing bodies ideas and thus is
continually being eroded.
On 03/11/2009 08:08, Chris Barker wrote:
> Nicely summarised, Andrew, although "faddish fearfulness" might be
> going a bit too far.
>
> I don't want GM for similar reasons to not wanting all the antibiotics
> that US animals have. We don't need a build-up of the chemicals but
> nor do we need more tasteless food with a potential for disaster.
> There would be no going back on GM, and I don't believe the promises
> made by the likes of Monsanto.
>
> And we probably have enough capacity for food production now if we
> organised it better ...
>
> Chris
>
> On 2 Nov 2009, at 21:40, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>
>
>>
>> Faddish fearfulness is fuelled by people with an agenda - political or
>> commercial. The people who've convinced us to consume vast quantities
>> of bottled water, for instance. A good example is the current
>> popularity of 'gluten-free' foods. Gluten needs to be avoided by at
>> most 1% of the population with levels of coeliac disease - almost all
>> of them blue-eyed northern European ethnic types. For everyone else,
>> it's actually healthy. Very healthy. And as for the idea that a gluten
>> free diet helps control autistic behaviour - no actual proof
>> whatsoever.
>>
>>
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